Spontaneous magnetization in the diluted low-anisotropy antiferromagnets K2FeCl5.H2O:In

Autor: Carlos Castilla Becerra, Fernando Palacio, V. B. Barbeta, Armando Paduan-Filho, M Gabas
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 4:L607-L610
ISSN: 1361-648X
0953-8984
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/4/45/001
Popis: Spontaneous magnetization and monodomain behaviour were observed, at zero applied field, in single crystals of the diluted low-anisotropy antiferromagnets K2Fe1-xInxCl5.H2O. The spontaneous magnetization M appears at the Neel temperature, and is directed along the easy axis (either up or down). The magnitude of M depends on x. For x=0.15 and 4,2 K, M corresponds to 0.2% of the calculated saturation magnetization. The spontaneous moment appears only when substitution is made at the Fe site, replacing K by Rb, or Cl by Br, does not lead to a spontaneous moment. This is the first observation of a spontaneous moment in any diluted low- anisotropy antiferromagnet.
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